Amazing egyptian traditional cuisine
No dessert can match the deliciousness of Om Ali, an Egyptian sweet, however, not many people know the tragic story behind this famous dessert.
The story takes place around 1517 during the Mamluk dynasty of Egypt, before the Ottoman Empire ruled Egypt. Egyptian Sultan Assaleh Ayyub bought Dula as a maid to pay off his debts before becoming Sultan. Soon after, Dura gave birth to a son named Khalil, whom Ayyub married but whose son died. They were living in Mansour in egypt's Nile Delta.
At the time of the Sultan's death, Egypt was under attack by the Crusaders. Dula decided to hide his death and began to command the country and the army, defeating the Crusaders with Turansha, the son of Ayyub's other wife. Dula gained popularity among the Mamluks who supported her as the Sultan's wife, and in order to consolidate their power, they plotted to assassinate Sultan Turansha and appoint Ebak as commander of the army.
But the Abbasid caliph refused her request to become sultan of Egypt, and the reason why she was rejected as a female sultan was because it violated custom and tradition, and she decided to marry Albaq and make him sultan. However, Abak had already married Om Ali, and Dura asked him to divorce Om Ali. Subsequently they married, and Ebak became sultan, thus establishing his own dynasty of power.
But the marriage soon broke down in gossip, and suspicion was the main factor, and Abak consolidated his position by allying himself with powerful emirs to protect himself from the power of the Mamluks and their wives. In order to expand his power, he decided to marry the daughter of the emir of Mansour.
Dura was so angry that she became jealous, and she ordered one of her loyal servants to kill her husband. Dura claimed it was an accidental death, but Om Ali, Ebaq's first wife, did not believe this and decided to avenge her ex-husband and the child's father. But this time the Mamluks did not help her, because killing the sultan was a felony.
Om Ali secretly ordered her maid to kill Dula, who was beaten to death in a bathtub by wooden slippers. To celebrate this revenge success, Om Ali ordered her chef to make a new delicious sweet dish and distribute it to everyone. She announces the dessert to celebrate the success of revenge, while each person receives a Dura gold coin and dessert.
At that time, the Lower Egyptians were accustomed to baking flatbread and milking cows every day. The supplies they use for cooking are made from pottery, so the easiest recipes to celebrate are crushed flatbread, milk, and nuts cooked in a pot.
Everyone was full of praise for the delicious sweetness, while being grateful to their new sultan and his mother, Om Ali. They chanted her name as a sign of thanks and named the dessert after her. Later, it became a famous delicacy during Ramadan and many other celebrations. Since then, Om Ali has crossed the borders of Egypt and become a famous cuisine in the Arab world.
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